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This is the second novel by Mark Frost featuring Arthur Conan Doyle and secret agent Sparks. Sparks turns up ten years after his supposed death and saves Doyle from murderers on a transatlantic steamer. Doyle then becomes enmeshed in a bizarre conspiracy involving the theft of holy books from around the world. The conspiracy is centered in the Arizona desert outside Phoenix. Frost makes allusions to many stories familiar to Baker Street devotees.
| Size | | Height: | 7.0 in | | Width: | 4.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 7.2 oz |
Industry Reviews
In this follow-up to The List of Seven (Audio Reviews, LJ 10/15/93), author Frost has created an intrigue- and action-oriented work that includes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as a principal character. The audio, given an excellent reading by David Warner, lacks the ability to sustain listener interest even with Doyle, other interesting characters, descriptions of turn-of-the-century America, and nearly nonstop action. The abridgment fails to propose a believable theory for the common dream that links the six religious sensitives in search of stolen scriptures that may either yield the secrets of God's "breath of life" for Adam or implement the end of the world. Worse, the profusion of characters fighting Golem, mind-controlled cultists, and each other makes for considerable confusion. Recommended only for comprehensive fantasy collections. Cliff Glaviano, Bowling Green State Univ. Libs., Ohio
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